Survival tools pod and woven accessory

ABSTRACT

A pod for maintaining a plurality of survival tools into a woven cord accessory. The woven cord accessory may be dissembled into a rope for use in emergency situations. The woven cord accessory includes a hollow center into which a pod is inserted. The pod maintains a plurality of survival tools which can assist a wearer in surviving emergency situations. The survival tools may include a variety of survival tools. The pod encapsulates a plurality of survival tools and is positioned within a hollow space in the weaves of the cord while ensuring that the survival tools do not damage the braids of the cord.

RELATED U.S. APPLICATION DATA

Provisional application No. 61/853,668, filed on Apr. 10, 2013

Cross Reference to Related Applications

This application is a non-provisional application which claims the benefit to Provisional Application No. 61/853,668, filed on Apr. 10, 2013

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

The present application was not subject to federal research and/or development funding.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 20130031935A1 by Kelleghan, incorporated by reference hereto, discloses braided paracord devices with tools contained therein. In Kelleghan, a paracord bracelet includes a blade with a loop as a handle that can be encased in the braiding to form the loop part of a closure mechanism. In a further embodiment the bracelet includes pieces of flint formed into a solid piece to form the tab and/or toggle part of a closure mechanism. Thus, the user has a means of making a fire with them whenever they are wearing the bracelet. In an additional embodiment a key fob is made of paracord enclosing a blade, a flint and tender. In another embodiment the bracelet includes fishing gear, including a steel cable leader set with a clasp hook, swivel, lure and other items. In the depicted embodiment of Kelleghan the bracelet is designed with the swivel and the clasp hook forming the bracelet closure mechanism.

Prior art or technology does not provide an effective way to incorporate a plurality of tools into a woven or braided accessory, in a comfortable and convenient manner.

Prior technology does not provide an effective way to protect the woven or braided accessory from damage from sharp items that may be contained within and also does not provide significant water resistance for survival items.

The foregoing examples and limitations related therewith are intended to be illustrative and not exclusive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

For ease of description the present disclosure will be discussed in terms of the bracelets. It is to be understood that the term bracelet should be understood to include any woven or braided accessory such as paracord bracelets, belts, lanyards, dog collars, leashes, rifle slings, straps, etc. The present invention is the creation of a pod having survival tools which are inserted into a woven or braided accessory as described.

In the preferred embodiment, the pod contains the following survival tools: aluminum foil; plastic sealing material; elastic bands; transparent tape; snare or saw wire; monofilament fishing line; thread; sewing needle; fishing hooks; rubber fishing lure; split shot sinkers; waterproof matches; match striker; char cord. This embodiment is meant to be exemplary and illustrative and not limiting in scope. In various embodiments survival tools can be added to or removed from inclusion in the pod.

The pod is elongated and flattened out as much as the contents allow. The survival tools, with the exception of the foil forming the pod, fits within the wire frame of the wound wire, which is then vacuum sealed in durable plastic and wrapped with the largest piece of foil. The fishing lure or other contents may bulge out slightly in certain areas.

The length of the POD and the width may vary due to the type and number of survival tools contained therein.

The present invention provides a means for safely and easily securing a plurality of survival tools within a woven or braided accessory. The pod provides water resistant encapsulation which also prevents sharp ends and corners of the survival tools from gouging into and damaging the surrounding paracord. The outer covering of the pod made from aluminum foil and additional pieces contained within, may be unrolled to create a signal device, water catcher, battery spark generator, or thermal reflector.

The wire can be used in a variety of ways to secure items, to build shelter, to snare animals or as an improvised saw.

The sewing needle and thread may be used to mend clothing, create shelter, or to close a wound in an emergency situation.

The fishing line, hooks, split shot weights and lures can be used for fishing but line can also be used in a variety of other survival situation to build shelter, snare animals and secure items.

Matches and char cord/material are essential in starting fire to cook food, boil water, provide safety and prevent hypothermia.

The size of the pod may be increased in larger sized woven or braided accessories to include additional survival tools.

It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for creating a woven or braided accessory having a hollow elongated recess into which an elongated survival pod contain a plurality of survival tools and which provides a better way to compartmentalize a larger number of useful survival items in a more effective way. It is another object of the invention to disclose a woven bracelet that includes a survival tools pod.

It is a further object of the invention to teach a braided accessory that includes a pod in that comprises and encapsulates a plurality of survival tools.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description, which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned from practicing the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention will be obtained by means of instrumentalities in combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a disassembled view of the contents of the survival pod in the preferred embodiment

FIG. 2 shows the assembled view of the contents of the pod before vacuum sealing

FIG. 3 shows the assembled view of the contents of the pod being inserted into the vacuum seal packaging material

FIG. 4 shows the assembled view of the contents of the pod encapsulated in the vacuum seal packaging material and sealed on the final side to create air tight encapsulation

FIG. 5 shows the assembled view of the contents of the pod encapsulated in the vacuum seal packaging material with vacuum seal material folded to minimize the surface area of the pod and to prepare for compartmentalization in aluminum foil

FIG. 6 shows the assembled, sealed and folded contents of the pod as shown in FIG. 5, placed on aluminum foil in preparation for wrapping in aluminum foil

FIG. 7 shows the assembled, sealed and folded contents of the pod as shown in FIG. 5, wrapped in aluminum foil, and ready for insertion into woven cord or braided product or accessory.

FIG. 8 shows completed survival pod being inserted into an example of a woven cord or braided paracord bracelet, with weaving being done in a way to secure the survival pod within the paracord bracelet.

FIG. 9 shows a completed paracord bracelet with the completed survival pod enclosed within the woven cord. Portion of the pod can be seen in between the woven cords.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The embodiments of the invention and the various features and advantageous details thereof are more fully explained with reference to the non-limiting embodiments and examples that are described and/or illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the following description.

It should be noted that the features illustrated in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, and the features of one embodiment may be employed with the other embodiments as the skilled artisan recognizes, even if not explicitly stated herein. Descriptions of well-known components and techniques may be omitted to avoid obscuring the invention.

The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the invention may be practiced and to further enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. Accordingly, the examples and embodiments set forth herein should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims. Moreover, it is noted that like reference numerals represent similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the preferred embodiment, the survival tools and the fastening devices included in the pod are displayed in FIG. 1. Steel wire 10 measuring approximately 8′ long and with a 24 gauge thickness is wrapped or wound in an elliptical shape that is approximately 6″ long and ⅝″ in width. This wire 10 is to be used as the frame to contain the contents of the Survival POD. The wire 10 is bound on each of the longer sides with transparent tape 12, 14, 18 to prevent unraveling of the wire frame. One sewing needle 16 is inserted into the tape binding on the galvanized wire frame 10. Needle 16 is only inserted half way through the tape binding 18 so that it does not protrude from the far side of the tape. Sewing thread 20 measuring approximately 10 ft in length is coiled in an elliptical shape that is approximately 2¾′ in length and ½″ in width. The thread 20 is secured to prevent unraveling by wrapping two pieces of transparent tape 22, 24 around the shorter width of the thread approximately ½″ from each end of the coil. Fishing line 26 measuring approximately 20 ft in length and with a tensile strength between 61 b and 101 b is coiled in an elliptical shape that is approximately 2¾′ in length and ½″ in width . The fishing line 26 is secured to prevent unraveling by wrapping two pieces of transparent tape 28, 30 around the shorter width of the fishing line 26 approximately ½″ from each end of the coil. Three waterproof matches 32, 34, 36 are cut to a length of approximately ⅞″. Match striker material 38 is cut to a length of ½″ and a width of 5/16″. Matches 32, 34, 36 are arranged in the middle of a 1½″ square piece of aluminum foil 40 in an alternating method so that the heads of the matches do not come into contact with each other. Match striker 38 is placed on the matches 32, 34, 36 with non-abrasive side down, touching the matches. The item is then wrapped in the aluminum foil 40 to a size approximately 1″ long and 3/8″ in width. Two to three pieces of char cord 42, 44 approximately 1″ long and 3/16″ in width or an equivalent amount of char material 42, 44 is wrapped in a piece of aluminum foil 46 that is approximately 1½″ square. The item is then wrapped to a length of approximately 1⅛″ and a width of approximately 5/16″. Two fishing hooks 48, 50 and split shot fishing weights 52, 54 are wrapped in a piece of aluminum foil 56 that is approximately 1½″ square. The fishing hooks 48, 50 are arranged in a nested fashion with the split shot weights 52, 54 placed in the curvature of the hooks. After wrapping the item is approximately 1″ long with a tapered width making a triangular shape. Plastic/rubber fishing lure 58 is wrapped in a piece of aluminum foil 60 that is approximately 1½″ square.

In FIG. 2. The preferred embodiment shows the fishing line 26 and transparent tape 28, 30, the plastic/rubber fishing lure 58 and aluminum foil 60 the fishing hooks 48, 50 split shot weights 52, 54 and aluminum foil 56 secured to the left side of wire frame 10 with an elastic band 62. Further the sewing thread 20 and transparent tape 22, 24, the char cord 42, 44 and aluminum foil 46 the matches 32, 34, 36 striker 38 and aluminum foil 40 are secured to the right side of the wire frame 10 with an elastic band 63. Compilation of items representing the pod contents are shown in FIG. 2 as a whole with the number 65.

FIG. 3 shows pod contents 65 being inserted into a pocket made of vacuum sealing material 70. Material is sealed on two longer sides and one of the shorter sides to allow insertion of the pod contents 65.

FIG. 4 shows the pod contents 65 encapsulated in the vacuum seal packaging material 70 by sealing the final side to create air tight encapsulation.

FIG. 5 shows the pod contents 65 encapsulated in the vacuum seal packaging material 70 with vacuum seal material 70 folded to minimize the surface area of the pod and to prepare for compartmentalization in aluminum foil 75.

FIG. 6 shows the assembled, sealed and folded pod contents 65, 70 placed on aluminum foil 75 in preparation for wrapping in aluminum foil 75.

FIG. 7 shows the assembled, sealed and folded pod contents 65, 70 wrapped in aluminum foil 75. Completed pod which is ready for insertion into woven cord or braided product or accessory is shown as a whole as number 80.

FIG. 8 shows completed survival pod 80 being inserted into an example of a woven cord 85 or braided paracord 85 bracelet, with weaving being done in a way to secure the survival pod within the paracord bracelet in between two sides of a side release buckle 90, 95.

FIG. 9 shows a completed paracord bracelet with the completed survival pod 80 enclosed within the woven cord 85 and with the side release buckle closed 90, 95. Portion of the pod can be seen in between the woven cords.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact construction illustrated and described above, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. While the invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in limiting sense. From the above disclosure of the general principles of the present invention and the preceding detailed description, those skilled in the art will readily comprehend the various modifications to which the present invention is susceptible. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be limited only by the following claims and equivalents thereof. 

1. A survival pod that contains a plurality of survival tools that can be enclosed into a woven or braided paracord product or accessory.
 2. A survival pod that is sealed to provide water and air resistance to the plurality of survival tools contained within the pod to improve effectiveness of the survival tools if the pod or the product or accessory containing the pod is exposed to water or humidity.
 3. A compartmentalization process to effectively carry a plurality of tools in a safe, effective, comfortable and convenient manner within a woven or braided paracord product or accessory. 